On the 10th of December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly voted to proclaim TheUniversal Declaration of Human Rights as "recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights ​of all members of the human family."

​Article 1​The right to dignity and equality

Article 2Freedom from discrimination on the basis of "race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status" as well as "political, jurisdictional or international status"

Article 3The right to life, liberty, and security

Article 4Freedom from slavery; ​​"slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms"

Article 5Freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment​

Article 6The right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law

Article 13 Freedom of movement and residence; The right to leave any country, including one's own country; The right to return to one's own country

Article 14The right to seek asylum from persecution

Article 15The right to a nationality; The right to change nationality

Article 16​The right to marry - with free and full consent - and found a family

Article 17The right to own property

Article 18Freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to change religion or belief

Article 19Freedom of opinion and expression

Article 20Freedom of peaceful assembly and association

Article 21The right to participate in government, and the right to free, periodic, and genuine elections

Article 22The right to social security

Article 23The right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work, and to protection against unemployment; The right to equal pay for equal work; The right to form and to join trade unions

Article 24The right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay

Article 25The right to an adequate standard of living, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond one's control; "Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance"

Article 26The right to free education in the fundamental stages; The right to equal access to higher education on the basis of merit; "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further [...] the maintenance of peace."

Article 27​The right to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts, and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits

Article 28The right to a social and international order to protect and realize these human rights

Article 29Everyone has duties to the community; Such duties should not contradict the recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others, of public order, and of the general welfare in a democratic society

Article 30Nothing in this declaration can be used to destroy any of the rights or freedoms set forth herein

​​This is an abbreviated version ​of the rights and freedoms set forth in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, summarized and presented here for educational purposes only. Read the full text of the Declaration on the website of the United Nations atthis link.